Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Papers
1. Amoako KA, Cook KE. Nitric oxide-generating silicone as a blood-contacting biomaterial. ASAIO Journal
2011; 57:539–544
2. Major TC, Brant DO, Burney CP, Amoako KA, Annich GM, Meyerhoff ME, Handa H, and Bartlett RH.
"The hemocompatibility of a nitric oxide generating polymer that catalyzes S-nitrosothiol decomposition in
an extracorporeal circulation model: Biomaterials 2011; 32: 5957e5969
3. Amoako KA, Archangeli C, Major TC, Meyerhoff ME, Annich GM, Bartlett RH. “Thromboresistance
Characterization of Extruded Nitric Oxide Releasing Silicone Catheters” ASAIO Journal 2012; 58: 238 -246
4. Amoako KA, Montoya JP, Major TC, Meyerhoff ME, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. Fabrication and Evaluationof
Nitric Oxide Generating Gas ExchangeFibers. To be submitted to Journal of Artificial Organs
5. Amoako KA, Abani N, Montoya JP, Major TC, Meyerhoff ME, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. Fabrication and In
vivoThrombogenecity Testing of Nitric Oxide Generating Artificial Lungs. J Biomed Mater Res A.2013
Apr 24. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.34655
6. Handa H, Brisbois JE, Major TC, Refahiyat L, Amoako KA, Annich GM, Bartlett RH and Meyerhoff ME.
In vitro and in vivo study of sustained nitric oxide release coating using diazeniumdiolate-doped
poly(vinylchloride) matrix with poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Additive. J. Mater. Chem. B 2013 May 30. doi:
10.1039/c3tb20277a
7. Gupta S, Amoako KA, Suhaib A, Keith E. Cook KE. Multi-modal, surface focused anticoagulation using
poly-2-methoxyethylacrylatepolymer grafts and surface nitric oxide release. Biomaterials (Under review)
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Conference Presentations
1. Amoako KA, 2002, “Integrals as Infinite Sums Over [0-1]” Alpha Chi National College Honor Society
Symposium, Washington, DC
2. Amoako KA, Hetal Patel, 2003, “Data Mining in Geosciences,” Alliance for Minority Symposium, Philadelphia,
PA
3. Amoako KA, 2003, “Real time machine data acquisition,” Annual Biomedical Research Conference for
Minority Symposium, San Diego, CA
4. Amoako KA, 2005, “Admission into University of Michigan Graduate School,” Howard University Career Fair
Day, Washington DC, DC
5. Amoako KA, Wu Y, Zhang F, Meyerhoff ME, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. NO generating gas transfer membrane
using Cu microparticles. Biointerface Science Conference, August 2008. [Poster]
6. Amoako KA, Cook KE,Kannatey-Asibu E. Study of roughness from ultrafast laser machined 316l stainless
steel foil in-air and underwater. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Conference, October 2008.[Poster]
7. Amoako KA, Cook KE, Bartlett RH and Meyerhoff ME. Developingand characterizing Cu-doped Nitric-oxide
Generating Gas-transfer Silicone Membrane. Midwest Biomedical Engineering Conference September 2009.
[Poster]
8. Amoako KA, Cook KE and Bartlett RH. Predicting the Gas-transfer Rate of a Silicone Membrane Doped with
Cu Microparticles, University of Michigan Engineering Graduate Symposium, November 2009. [Slides]
9. Amoako KA, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. Towards thromboresistive artificial lungs: the role of copper-doped nitric
oxide-generating silicone for blood-contacting surfaces. Society for Biomaterials Annual Conference, 2010.
[Slides]
10. Amoako KA, Montoya PJ, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. Nitric oxide (NO) generating silicone hollow fibers. ASAIO
Journal 56: 121, 2010. [Slides]
11. Amoako KA, Kreuz ME, Bartlett RH, Cook KE. Nitricoxide in sweep gas for platelet inhibition in the artificial
lung. ASAIO Journal 57: 113, 2011. [Slides]
12. Amoako KA, Archangeli C, Major TC, Annich GM, Meyerhoff ME and Bartlett RH. Exttruded Nitric oxidereleasing silicone catheters for newborns. Society for Biomaterials Annual Conference, 2011. [Slides]
13. Amoako KA, Patrick J Montoya, Terry Major, David O Brant, Mark E Meyerhoff, Robert H Bartlett, Keith E
Cook. Nitric Oxide Generating Artificial lungs: Fabrication and in-vivo Testing. Society for Biomaterials
Annual Conference, 2012. [Slides]
14. Amoako KA, Harihara S Sundaram, Ahmed Suhaib, Yuting Li, Jules Lin, Shaoyi Jiang, Keith E Cook. Studying
the Synergistic Effect of Coatings and Nitric Oxide release on Platelet Adsorption. Society for Biomaterials
Annual Conference, 2013. [Slides]
15. Amoako KA,Suhaib AB, Gupta S, Sundaram HS, Li Y, Jiang S, Cook KE.Bio-inspired, Anti-coagulant
Surfaces: Role of Surface Coating Type. ASAIO Journal 59: 9, 2013. [Slides and Poster]
16. Amoako KA,Suhaib AB, Gupta S, Cook KE.Bio-inspired, Anti-coagulant Surfaces: Role of Flow Rate and NO
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Concentration. ASAIO Journal 59: 17, 2013. [Slides]